Charles robinson



nited gefaltet CHARLES ROBINSON, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. i

Letters Patent No. 101,382, Adated March 29, 1870.

PROJEC'IILE FOR TOY PISTOL.

*HOM- The Schedule referred to in these LlettersI-atent and making partAof the same.

and clear description thereof', reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a side view of my projectile in use upon atoy gun constructed forthe purpose.

The construction of this projectile is as follows:

A small solid ball, of wood or other hard and heavy material, isfurnished with an elastic loop, A, attached to one side, and anon-elastic loop, B, which catches on the trigger, the elastic loopbeing caught upon a 'catch at or near the end, D, representing themuzzle of the toy-gun.

lVhen the ball E is pulled back 'far enough to catch the4` loop B overthe trigger, the elastic loop A is ystretched suiiiciently to give allthe required momen- 'tum to the ball when released.

I am aware of the fact that other projectiles have been formed so as toslip over the rounded 'barrel of the toy gun, being operated by' loopsof .elastic material; but I do not 'so form my ball, which has its lineof guidance 'from only two points, viz: the trigger and the catch wherethe elastic loop is caught at D. VIn the case where the ball slides offfrom the barrel itself, the ball having a center hole, which fits overthe barrel, I find these great objections: rst, it is almost impossibleto keep a slim rod of sucient length from warping, and, consequently,the toy does not project truly again, the ball has to be made so large,to admit of its slipping over the barrel, that it is too large a mass toproject with any success;. again, the friction Vof the barrel preventsmuch of the projectile force from taking eiect; and the ball with 'ahole through it is apt to chip and break.

In my improvements I form the ball solid, and thereby can make it smalland heavy, instead of large and light. It is not apt to break, as thereis no-start-v ing point for cracks, and it can be made of heaviermaterial. It does not'matter how much the barrel is warped, because, thepoint of sight being over the end catch, and the line of sight runningdirectly from the center of the ball over this point, the projectile isalways shot true to its aim.vv But the barrel may`l1e made much heavier,as it is not neeessaryto limit its size asin the other case referred to,so that it will not even warp.

Now, having described my. invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl h Thecombination of a solid ball, E, with elastic loop A and.non-elastic'loop B, as a to projectile,v to be used in the mannerspecified. v

. CEAS. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

vEDWARD H. HYDE,

J. B. GARDINER.

